Sales at Germany’s third largest hospital group grew 3.5% to €2.4bn in 2016 its full year results show, with a higher EBITDA margin of 9.2% up from 8.4% in 2015 - but still some way lower than Asklepios and Helios. We ask Sana why?
The UK health and adult social care regulator may use accreditation schemes provided by the private sector to reduce the number of inspections it performs, it has confirmed to Healthcare Europa.
Kazakh investor the EMDEU Group has agreed to buy half the equity in the Ilyinsky Hospital, a 140-bed facility being built near Moscow, from Clinic Management Group.
After 28 years at the helm of pan-European nursing home group Orpea, president Dr Jean-Claude Marian is stepping down. The announcement comes as the group unveils its full, audited annual results for 2016.
Pan-European healthcare provider Capio has bought German ophthalmology clinic Augenklinik Universitätsallee in Bremen - its first opthalmology acquisition in the country. Henrik Brehmer, SVP Group Communication at Capio, talks to us about the deal. Is Capio looking to buy more in this market?
Spanish fertility specialist IVI has entered Oman and opened a clinic in Muscat, its third in the Middle East. Luis Saurat, CEO of IVI, shares his views on the market.
Shanghai-based China Minsheng Investment Group, one of the largest private investment funds in China, says it is targeting senior care groups across the world - including the largest senior care group in Europe - for acquisition.
Global private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has followed up its purchase of Vitalia in Spain earlier this month by buying over 70% of the equity in the Greek Metropolitan Hospital from its majority shareholder the Perseus Healthcare Group.
Doctoralia, the Spanish-based online healthcare appointment booking and review site with a strong presence in Latin America merged with its Polish-based competitor DocPlanner last year. Healthcare Europa talks to Doctoralia co-founder Dr. Frederic Llordachs, now a partner at DocPlanner, about business models, the merger, and the future of booking sites.
UK outsourcing giant Capita has had a torrid year with three profit warnings knocking a third off its share price. It’s selling off non-core activities trying to turn its fortunes around but the inclusion of its medical recruitment business in the sell-off does not signal a withdrawal from healthcare. Instead, as MD Andy Lockwood explains, it’s bundled four of its health offerings into Capital Healthcare Decisions, which offers tech solutions to providers and payors both public and private and at home and abroad.
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